Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
Family Search: Private Henry Samuel Smith was born on 11 September 1877, in Islington, London, England, United Kingdom. He had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Annie Russell Smith. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada for about 6 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 39, his occupation is listed as woodworker in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada. He died on 16 January 1963, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 85, and was buried in Oshawa Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
Reg number | 746117 |
Name | Smith, Henry Samuel |
Rank | Private |
Year of Birth | 2/19/1905 |
Date of Death | |
Cemetery | |
Cemetery location | |
Country of birth | England |
Home Country | Canada |
City born | Islington, London, England |
Address | 27 Olive Ave, Toronto ON |
Enlistment Date | 1/8/1916 |
Drafted? | |
Enlistment place | Oshawa |
Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
Pre war Unit | |
Final Bn | 18th |
Ship | SS Olympic |
Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
Date in France | |
Date w 116 | 1/8/1916 |
Left 116th | 10/6/1916 |
Married | yes |
Occupation | wood worker |
Wounded date | 3/29/1918 |
Wound type/Death particuolars | Shrapnel wound head, scabies, PUO, Vimy ridge blown up by HE shell – March 1917 |
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DOW | |
Died other | |
Missing/Presumed Dead | |
Wounded | yes |
Sick | yes |
PTSD | yes |
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Vimy | |
Vimy area | |
Raid | |
Hill 70 | |
Pass | |
Amiens | |
Parvillers | |
Boiry | |
Canal | |
Other | |
Unit History | 116th to 18th |
Other details | 3 boys and 4 grils |
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Gravestone | |
Underage | |
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Deserter | |
Undesirable | |
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